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Page 2 • TEMPO News • Jan. 7 - Jan. 13, 2016 • www.temponewsflorida.com • twitter.com/temponew • facebook/temponews
BY MWEZI DAKE
write4living@yahoo.com
High School Choice Open Enrollment Session
runs from January 11 to January 22
Talented Teens Needed For Drug Free
Manatee Talent Show January 2016!
The call has gone out
for talented teens to
showcase their talents
to family and commu-
nity at a Talent Show
being hosted by Mana-
tee County Substance
Abuse Coalition, known
in Manatee County as
Drug Free Manatee.
The Coalition wanted
to provide a platform
for the talented teens
in the county who has
remained drug and al-
cohol free to showcase
their talents. The Co-
alition is a non-profit
organization working
in the county to provide
information, workshops,
community awareness
and now a talent show
to get families, teens
and community together.
The Talent Show will
be held on January 29,
2015, from 6pm-10pm
in Palmetto at Sutton
Park. The event is free
to teens entering and
admission is free to ev-
eryone! Teens enrolled
in Manatee County
Schools, grades 9-12
are eligible to compete.
Prizes totaling $2000
will be awarded. First
prize will receive a Tal-
ent Contract courtesy
of the Del Couch Mu-
sic Foundation in addi-
tion to a $500 VISA gift
card to purchase sup-
plies needed to further
and nurture their talent.
Second and Third place
winners will be awarded
a VISA gift card and
runner – ups competing
will be acknowledged by
Drug Free Manatee. The
Del Couch Music Edu-
cation Foundation will
feature student submis-
sions and musical talent.
Families and commu-
nity are invited to bring
their chairs or a blanket
to Sutton Park and enjoy
the talent show as well
as entertainment, food,
activities and family fun.
The talent show is the
culmination of a na-
tional, week-long cam-
paign known as Drug
and Alcohol Facts Week.
The event is registered
through the National
Institution on Drug
Abuse. All participants
will be required to take
a pledge to remain
drug and alcohol free.
Vendors are welcome
to attend the event.
Anyone interested in
becoming a vendor is
asked to email mfavor-
ite@drugfreemanatee.
org or abergmann@
drugfreemanatee.org
To enter, just visit
Drug Free Manatee’s
Facebook events page
and upload a video of
your act to the page.
Participants may also
email a short video to
mfavorite@drugfree-
manatee.org or aberg-
mann@drugfreemana-
tee.org. The deadline for
submissions is Jan. 20th
and any submissions that
include inappropriate
or illicit material will
not be considered. Drug
Free Manatee staff will
select submissions based
on a lottery (depend-
ing on participation).
Interested students
can also visit our event
website https://www.
eventbrite.com/e/drug-
free-manatee-presents-
palmettos-got-talent-
tickets-19840645906.
BRADENTON, FL. –
January 6, 2016) Parents
who would like to send
their enrolling 9TH and
10TH grade child to a
school other than the
one to which they are
assigned for the 2016-
2017 school year need
to apply during the High
School Choice Open En-
rollment Session, which
runs from Monday,
January 11, 2016 – Fri-
day, January 22, 2016.
The High School
Choice Open Enroll-
ment Session is the only
time during the year
when parents can apply
to have a high school
student attend a school
outside their assigned
zone school without giv-
ing a specified reason for
the move. High School
Choice applications are
available during the
choice application ses-
sion of January 11th –
January 22nd online at
www.manateeschools.
net by clicking “Hot
Topics” then “School
Choice”, at school sites,
and at the Office of
Student Assignment,
located at 1400 1st Av-
enue East, in Palmetto.
It is important to note
that students new to the
school system will need
to present a certified
birth certificate and the
social security number
will be requested at
the time they apply for
school choice. Also, the
Choice application must
be completed/signed by
the enrolling parent of
record. Emailed sub-
missions will be veri-
fied for Enrolling Parent
by the email address
entered in the Student
Information System (Fo-
cus Parent Portal). In
person or postal sub-
missions require notary.
School Choice deci-
sions may be of particu-
lar interest to parents of
students moving from
middle to high school
because of the variety of
academy programs of-
fered at district schools.
In addition, parents may
use School Choice to
enroll their child in the
International Baccalau-
reate Program offered at
Southeast High School.
Approval of School
Choice applications
are subject to enroll-
ment capacities.
Choice transporta-
tion is not offered for
high school students
with the exception of
those approved for
the International Bac-
calaureate Program at
Southeast High School.
For further details re-
garding the School Dis-
trict of Manatee Coun-
ty School Choice op-
tions please visit www.
manateeschools.net and
click “Hot Topics” then
“School Choice” or con-
tact the Office of Student
Assignment at 708-4971.